Submitted by Zara Daniela on
After a wet morning at the Circuit of the Americas, the lightweight class welcomed a dry FP2 and Niccolò Antonelli’s FP1 benchmark didn’t stand a chance in the much-improved conditions. The Italian did come close to reclaiming the top of the timesheets, with a couple stints at the front in the session but had to surrender top spot to Filip Salac for the final couple of minutes by eight hundredths of a second. After leading he way early on, Dennis Foggia dropped to third, one tenth off the lead and another tenth ahead of Jaume Masia.
Before adding a pretty nice save to his portfolio, rookie Xavier Artigas secured fifth, less than three tenths off the lead. Pedro Acosta kept his speed in the dry conditions, half a second off top spot and three tenths ahead of Romano Fenati. Deniz Öncü, Andrea Migno and John McPhee completed the top 10, with Stefano Nepa, Jeremy Alcoba, Ayumu Sasaki and Sergio Garcia climbing into the combined top 14 placements. Izan Guevara and Darryn Binder narrowly missed out, around one second and a half off the leader’s time.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 12 | Filip Salac | KTM | 2'17.280 | ||
| 2 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 2'17.366 | 0.086 | 0.086 |
| 3 | 7 | Dennis Foggia | Honda | 2'17.406 | 0.126 | 0.040 |
| 4 | 5 | Jaume Masia | KTM | 2'17.493 | 0.213 | 0.087 |
| 5 | 43 | Xavier Artigas | Honda | 2'17.562 | 0.282 | 0.069 |
| 6 | 37 | Pedro Acosta | KTM | 2'17.815 | 0.535 | 0.253 |
| 7 | 55 | Romano Fenati | Husqvarna | 2'18.133 | 0.853 | 0.318 |
| 8 | 53 | Deniz Öncü | KTM | 2'18.149 | 0.869 | 0.016 |
| 9 | 16 | Andrea Migno | Honda | 2'18.259 | 0.979 | 0.110 |
| 10 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 2'18.379 | 1.099 | 0.120 |
| 11 | 82 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 2'18.502 | 1.222 | 0.123 |
| 12 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 2'18.535 | 1.255 | 0.033 |
| 13 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | KTM | 2'18.544 | 1.264 | 0.009 |
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Garcia | GASGAS | 2'18.709 | 1.429 | 0.165 |
| 15 | 28 | Izan Guevara | GASGAS | 2'18.781 | 1.501 | 0.072 |
| 16 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Honda | 2'18.904 | 1.624 | 0.123 |
| 17 | 20 | Lorenzo Fellon | Honda | 2'19.002 | 1.722 | 0.098 |
| 18 | 73 | Maximilian Kofler | KTM | 2'19.098 | 1.818 | 0.096 |
| 19 | 92 | Yuki Kunii | Honda | 2'19.154 | 1.874 | 0.056 |
| 20 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 2'19.422 | 2.142 | 0.268 |
| 21 | 54 | Riccardo Rossi | KTM | 2'19.487 | 2.207 | 0.065 |
| 22 | 19 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Honda | 2'19.625 | 2.345 | 0.138 |
| 23 | 67 | Alberto Surra | Honda | 2'19.850 | 2.570 | 0.225 |
| 24 | 31 | Adrian Fernandez | Husqvarna | 2'20.269 | 2.989 | 0.419 |
| 25 | 99 | Carlos Tatay | KTM | 2'20.278 | 2.998 | 0.009 |
| 26 | 27 | Kaito Toba | KTM | 2'20.568 | 3.288 | 0.290 |
| 27 | 6 | Ryusei Yamanaka | KTM | 2'21.879 | 4.599 | 1.311 |
